Title
Creating a standards-based classroom with low achieving students: teacher and student transformation
Date of Award/Publication
2003
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
MS in Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education
Abstract
To satisfy the accountability section of the "The No Child Left Behind" Act, New York State requires all school districts to meet and maintain minimum performance standards on the assessments. Therefore, schools are focusing on cultivating standards-based classrooms as a way to best prepare their students to be successful on the assessments. In my research, I attempted to construct a standards-based classroom with a section of my eighth grade mathematics students, a large percentage of whom are children of generational poverty. From my research and observations, I have concluded that a " true" standards-based classroom cannot be achieved without student motivation. Furthermore, I have concluded that if children of generational poverty are not intrinsically motivated to succeed in school, the school as a whole must provide external motivation with the goal of replacing the current school-wide culture of disinterest and failure with a school-wide culture of hope and success.
Recommended Citation
Perdue, Edward William, "Creating a standards-based classroom with low achieving students: teacher and student transformation" (2003). Mathematical and Computing Sciences Masters. Paper 43.
https://fisherpub.sjf.edu/mathcs_etd_masters/43
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